Camila
Camila was the 19th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,591 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 11th with 8,165 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 24 places. More babies were named Camila in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning feminine form of Camillus · Latin
Say it kuh-MEE-luh /kəˈmilə/
- Rank in 2025
- #19 girls, down 8 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6,591girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20208,165 babies
- Total since 1880
- 123,976babies recorded
What does the name Camila mean?
Camila is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla. Camilla was a Roman name; DMNES links it to Latin camilla, a girl who served as an attendant in religious rites. DMNES says the name came into use in 16th-century Italy as part of a fashion for classical names. Its recent US rise reflects Spanish-speaking families.
camilla (Latin, “young attendant at religious rites; a Roman cognomen”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Latin word camilla may itself be borrowed from Etruscan, but the sources cited here do not confirm this.
See also: Latin names.
Nicknames for Camila
The usual nicknames for Camila are Cami and Mila. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Camila in the last five years, 77 were named Mila, against 17 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cami · also for Camille | Modern | #4,189 | 244 |
| Mila · also for Emilia | Modern | #43 | 29,024 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Camilas go by each one.
Camila popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 122 since 2007, 8 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #19 | 6,591 |
| 2020 | #11 | 8,165 |
| 2010 | #61 | 4,307 |
| 2000 | #660 | 370 |
| 1990 | #1,894 | 74 |
| 1980 | #4,012 | 19 |
| 1970 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1960 | #5,226 | 7 |
| 1950 | #4,794 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,017 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Camila, counting every spelling?
Camila is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #12 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #19 for Camila on its own. Together these spellings went to 8,580 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camila | 6,591 | #19 | 37,834 |
| Kamila | 851 | #357 | 5,839 |
| Camilla | 847 | #361 | 4,790 |
| Kamilah | 94 | #2,029 | 987 |
| Kamilla | 134 | #1,575 | 816 |
| Kamyla | 40 | #3,743 | 233 |
| Kamylah | 11 | #9,150 | 95 |
| Camilah | 12 | #8,460 | 80 |
| Camyla | — | — | 56 |
| Kamillah | — | — | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Camila?
6,591 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Camila (1.83 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Camila born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 29. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Camila.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Camila?
About 122,800 people born in the US named Camila are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Camila a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Camila by state
How common Camila was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (2.6×), California (2.5×), Nevada (2.4×), Texas (2.1×), Arizona (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Montana, Maine, West Virginia.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Camila: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Camila, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Camila · Sibling names for Camila
Questions about the name Camila
What does Camila mean?
Camila means “feminine form of Camillus” (Latin origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Camila?
Camila was the 19th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,591 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 11th with 8,165 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 24 places. More babies were named Camila in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Camila a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Camila in the US.
Where is Camila most popular?
In 2021–2025, Camila was most common in New Mexico (12.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Nevada.